CONCEPT

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The story of 01

The 01 Experience is a live, multi media musical project, based on the story of Will and Faith. 01 comes to you in the Rock Opera format – for example The Who’s Tommy or Jesus Christ Superstar, but uses 21st century technology to enhance its impact even more! Supporting the performers is movie projection and projection mapped set design. Also included are elements such as initiation ritual, live painting and visual art displays throughout the venue. Live performances will be orchestrated in collaboration with other musical performers to complete a full evening of transformational experience.

The curators and founding members of The 01 Experience are Colin E. Davis(Guitar) and Melissa Mari(vocals),who reside in the California Bay Area. Both are lifetime musicians as well as spiritual alchemists dedicated to the advancement of their consciousness and the sharing of their alchemical philosophy by way of music, art, books, and lectures. The 01 line-up also consists of Carter Kennedyon drums and electronic music producer Eric Oberthaller co-producing the electronic and ambient elements of the project. A multi genre bassist is currently sought.

Live performance is aligned with the three stages of western alchemy – Nigredo, Albedo and Rubedo. The current performance focuses on Nigredo, the blackening stage, which deals with the human shadow and the trials and tribulations of the alchemist passing through spiritual and cultural darkness.

"The story’s heroes, Will Shock and Faith Martina are investigators of a secretive and powerful international “Council” which influences cultural affairs and carries out its own dark, esoteric agenda. Our heroes have both been personally maligned by the Council and have taken a vow to undermine its operations. Neither of them could have expected that their journey would not only take them on dangerous foreign missions, but to domains of very high strangeness and to mind-blowing realizations about the nature of their own internal states of being. Will and Faith begin by battling the perceived forces of cultural darkness, but over time, come to realize evil’s non-local, subjective and viral nature. More and more, they come to find that no external revolution will occur without their own internal evolution.

On their journey they are thwarted by the external effects of their ancestral viral programming, but equally assisted by the archetypal spirits of human evolution, especially that of the newly forming global entity, Homo Bilancia."

The musical aspect of the project began in early 2015 and the story is now coming forth. A comic book will detail the story and the continuing evolution of the live performances. A pre-production audio file is linked at the bottom of this page. The first 01 Experience EP is currently being produced (March 2016).

Contact Colin Davis and Melissa Mari for more information. Artists and alchemists interested in collaborating are welcome to make contact. livinginthemovie at gmail dot com

The 01 Experience is a project under the guidance of The Imaginal Trust, a non-profit common law foundation.

The following trade experts are sought for advisement or colaboration:

To relate spiritual alchemy to the audience (the Individuation/Enlightenment process).

To help energize the human archetype of Homo Bilancia (balanced mankind)

To assist the western mind in assimilating the incoming global feminine energy

To support the ritual initiation of members of the audience into the spiritual hero’s journey

To assist with the creators’ own spiritual evolution

Initially, to explore the Nigredo aspect of spiritual awakening, in multiple holons

To passively support the evolution of existing spiritual traditions including emerging modes and myths

Philosophies

Western esoteric spiritual alchemy (in general)

The creators’ own holistic alchemical spirituality, as detailed in Shadow Tech

Jungian concepts

Buddhist concepts

Yogic/Vedantic/Tantric concepts

Judeo-Christian-Islamic and Cabalistic mystical concepts

Shamanistic principles of the pre-civilized world, including plant based wisdom

Emotions

Explored in alignment with the phases of spiritual alchemy – Nigredo, Albedo, Rubedo. The following are concentrated on the initial phase of Nigredo which is the main subject of the early Work.

Anger – At self and world – An effect of soul abandonment caused by patriarchal civilization, materialism, loss of community, unhealthy leadership, etc. Leveraged by the human shadow towards destruction.

Grief – Also an effect of soul abandonment caused by patriarchal civilization and its modes of operation. Leveraged by the human shadow towards destruction.

Fear – heightened by patriarchy as a cultural control mechanism, and the immaturity of existing leadership. Leveraged by the human shadow towards destruction.

Will – The creative masculine energy of creation-love.

Faith – The accepting, feminine energy of creation-love. Neutralizing to the human shadow.

Story synopsis:

The story’s heroes, Will Shock and Faith Martina are investigators of a secretive and powerful international “Council” which influences cultural affairs and carries out its own dark, esoteric agenda. Our heroes have both been personally maligned by the Council and have taken a vow to undermine its operations. Neither of them could have expected that their journey would not only take them on dangerous foreign missions, but to domains of very high strangeness and to mind-blowing realizations about the nature of their own internal states of being. Will and Faith begin by battling the perceived forces of cultural darkness, but over time, come to realize evil’s non-local, subjective and viral nature. More and more, they come to find that no external revolution will occur without their own internal evolution.

On their journey they are thwarted by the external effects of their ancestral viral programming, but equally assisted by the archetypal spirits of human evolution, especially that of the newly forming global entity, Homo Bilancia.